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Special Olympics Chooses Spokespeople For 2007 World Summer Games In Shanghai
October 16, 2006 |
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Special Olympics named several Hollywood actors as Official Spokespeople for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in Shanghai.
Actors Colin Farrell, Eva Mendes and Bruce Willis are the newest crusaders dedicated to transforming communities by inspiring people throughout the world to open their minds to accepting and including people with intellectual disabilities. Hong Kong pop star Karen Mok, and Chinese film stars Vicki Zhao and Xu Zheng were also named Official Spokespeople for the upcoming World Games, which is expected to attract several celebrities, dignitaries, heads of state, and leaders in the fields of education, health care, business and sports to Shanghai next October in
support of the international sporting event.
The newest group of Special Olympics champions will serve as role models using their international star power to spread the mission of Special Olympics and its message of promoting harmonious communities to all corners of the world. As an Official Games Spokesperson, they will join a premier group of international Special Olympics supporters including California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; boxing legend Muhammad Ali; Olympians Scott Hamilton, Nadia Comaneci, and Bart Conner; performers Vanessa Williams and Rev. Joseph Simmons; and NBA sensation Yao Ming.
"We are delighted to welcome world class talent to the Special Olympics family serving as a global voice for a population that is often overlooked, misunderstood and ignored," said Special Olympics President and CEO Bruce Pasternack. "Their commitment to our movement will bring tremendous awareness around to world to the abilities and accomplishments of Special Olympics athletes and the nearly 100 million people worldwide with intellectual disabilities by promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion."
The 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games will be the largest international sporting and humanitarian event to happen in 2007 bringing together nearly 7,000 athletes from more than 169 countries with support from tens of thousands of coaches, volunteers, family members and spectators.
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